I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Lin Shuqi took a deep breath.

"She's a little weaker than me, she's at the sixth level, and her ability is spatial collapse."

Lin Shuqi almost choked to death on the air in her throat.

"Cough cough cough cough cough -- Damn it, couldn't you just finish saying it all at once?"

"Same here, I just learned it from you."

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Silent City

Still in shock, Lin Shuqi only heard the words "sixth rank," completely ignoring Ye Qianxue's special ability.

It seems this guy won't recover anytime soon... Yan Ziming thought to herself, glancing at the time. It was already 9 PM, and considering they were a little late, she wondered if they had enough time left to squander.

With little time remaining, Yan Ziming knew that if she continued to dawdle like this, she would be criticized again.

She first stimulated Lin Shuqi with a weak bio-electric current, making her tremble.

"Stop standing around in a daze! Use this time to get to work on your mission. You two, stop fooling around and hurry up and pack your things; let's get ready to move out!"

The next sentence was addressed to Ye Qianxue and the little girl Lin Shuyao, who were having a great time at the moment.

"Yes, dear sister!"

"it is good!"

------Dividing line------

As Yan Ziming and his group stepped into the Yongjing Military Administrative Zone, they immediately felt an atmosphere completely different from the outside world.

It's too deathly quiet.

The broken highways, the pools of blood on the walls, the collapsed buildings, and the flames burning everywhere all indicate that this city has lost its former glory and fallen into bottomless darkness.

The once bustling street was now blocked by all sorts of cars parked haphazardly.

The glass door of the shop was covered with bloody handprints, and the bleak cold wind blew up a sky full of discarded papers.

The once clean streets were now littered with shards of broken glass, representing the once vibrant young people who had either become walking corpses or lay dead on the ground.

The once thriving school is now in ruins. Occasionally, a swaying figure can be seen behind the broken windows, and the blood congealed on the walls is a shocking sight.

What lay before them was a scene straight out of hell.

Because of the apocalypse, every household has one or two backup power sources, so even at night, many lights are flickering, which only adds to the desolation.

Under the lights, you can occasionally see a dozen or so low-level zombies wandering aimlessly in the street. Some of them don't even have legs and are slowly crawling on the ground.

On the surrounding high-rise buildings, one can see some deformed species moving at high speed on the walls. They have no skin or eyes, blood vessels distributed on their surface, tongues several times their own length, and tough claws.

It is a predator, a rather troublesome mutant species.

They have hearing that is more than ten times that of humans, and nothing can escape their ears from the rustling of grass within hundreds of meters. Moreover, they are extremely fast; one moment you can see them in front of you, and the next they are right above you.

And in the sky, a flock of crows would occasionally fly by. If you looked closely, you would see that their eyes were blood red and their beaks were stained with countless drops of blood! Each one was about half the size of an adult.

Further away, there was a low growl of a giant beast, and all the mutated species, even the mindless zombies, would unconsciously avoid that area.

"These damned beasts, what a massacre they've caused..."

Lin Shuqi's eyes flashed with raging fury as she looked at the scene around her. This was an entire city, with millions of people living here, but now it was deserted and only strange beasts roamed around. How could she not be furious?

Lin Shuyao, the little girl who had never seen such a sight before, turned pale. She and her sister Lin Shuqi had been staying in the Jiangning Military Administrative District since the apocalypse began. Although they would occasionally go out to fight, they had never seen anything like this before.

Her hands began to tremble, and she cowered behind Lin Shuqi.

In contrast, Yan Ziming and Ye Qianxue were much calmer. They had witnessed even darker scenes at the beginning of the apocalypse, the rampage and devastation of sequence-level mutated species. Only those who had experienced it firsthand knew that it was true despair and true annihilation.

Yan Ziming frowned slightly upon seeing Lin Shuyao's behavior.

In Lin Shuyao's current state, she will not only be of no use in the upcoming battle, but will also put herself in danger.

It seems I need to think of some ways to help her grow.

As Yan Ziming passed an intersection, several low growls came from the right corner ahead.

Yan Ziming's eyes lit up, and he led the three of them forward with great strides.

The typo for Ye Qianxue's special ability in Chapter 38 was made; it has been corrected.

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Chapter Forty: Coercion

As you round the corner, you see a dozen or so zombies devouring a mangled corpse on the ground, the sound of them tearing bones sending chills down your spine.

As if sensing the presence of humans behind them, they all turned their heads, their faces covered in thick blood, their pale pupils unfocused, and a severed piece of intestine hanging from their mouths.

Yan Ziming nodded in satisfaction. Although zombies are basically the weakest mutated species in the apocalypse, due to their frequent cameos in movies and their terrifying appearance, ordinary people are more afraid of them than some giant beasts. It is perfect for training the little girl's will.

"what--!"

As expected, when little Lin Shuyao saw the bloody scene, she screamed, closed her eyes, and hid in Lin Shuqi's arms, not daring to look at them at all.

Hearing the cries of the living creatures, the zombies that were originally devouring their prey charged towards Yan Ziming and her companions in a completely anatomical manner. They had only one thing to do: tear apart their prey and extract their flesh, blood, and brains.

However, when they were still five steps away from Yan Ziming, the leader, their limbs suddenly separated, and without exception, they all fell face-first into the mud on the ground.

A deep blue blade appeared in Yan Ziming's hand at some unknown time. It was so clear and profound that it seemed to suck one's soul into it.

Looking at the slowly writhing zombies on the ground, Yan Ziming's eyes were filled with indifference. She pulled the little girl out of Lin Shuyao's arms, handed her the Thunder Cutter in her hand, and pointed to the zombies on the ground.

"Come on, try to kill them with your own hands."

"What—!" Lin Shuyao was so surprised that she dropped the Thunder Cutter she was holding to the ground. She took a few steps back in a panic and looked at Yan Ziming with a wronged expression.

"Sister Zimo, I... I don't dare. Why don't you do it..."

Seeing Lin Shuyao's performance, Ye Qianxue frowned inwardly. Although she got along well with Lin Shuyao, she knew that if Lin Shuyao didn't undergo a substantial transformation, then she wouldn't need to participate in this or any future operations. Therefore, Lin Shuyao had to overcome this hurdle!

The little girl's eyes were pitiful, but they did not soften Yan Ziming's heart in the slightest. Yan Ziming picked up the Raikiri that had fallen to the ground and put it back in the little girl's hand, his eyes as cold as nine feet of ice.

"Kill it."

Lin Shuyao shook her head, trembling, closed her eyes tightly, and squatted down, whispering, "No! Shuyao can't do it, Shuyao doesn't dare!"

Seeing this, Yan Ziming walked up to one of the zombies, grabbed it by the back of its collar, lifted it up, and made its face face Lin Shuyao.

Lin Shuyao, who was crouching and covering her head in defense, heard the roar of the zombie in front of her. She looked up and saw a disgusting face, covered in blood and half of it rotting, roaring at her face. A disgusting stench hit her.

"Ah!" Lin Shuqi screamed again, collapsing to the ground, her hands reaching back as she tried to get as far away from that ugly, disgusting face as possible, but as she retreated, Yan Ziming continued to advance.

Lin Shuqi touched the wall, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she had nowhere to retreat, and continued to grope around aimlessly, while Yan Ziming once again placed the zombie's face in front of her.

"If you don't kill it, then let it kill you, tear your throat apart, and turn you into a walking corpse just like it!" Yan Ziming roared, determined to force Lin Shuyao to make a decision and force her to grow and transform.

"No... Shuyao doesn't want this, sister, you'll protect me, right!" Lin Shuyao cried out.

Lin Shuqi felt a little sorry for her sister when she saw this. After all, she was her own sister!

Lin Shuqi also knew that this would be absolutely beneficial to her younger sister. She had long been aware of her sister's shortcomings, but as the older sister, she couldn't go too far. Now that an opportunity had presented itself, she wanted to help her sister overcome this hurdle.

As if resigned to her fate, Lin Shuyao, pushed to her limit, suddenly stopped crying and moving, falling silent as she muttered, "Zimo is such a bad person! She knew Shuyao couldn't do it... yet she forced Shuyao to do it... I hate her the most!"

The next second, she raised the Raichi in her hand and used all her strength to hack wildly at the zombie!

After hacking for just over a minute, Lin Shuyao, who had become hysterical, collapsed to the ground. The zombie that was originally in Yan Ziming's hands had been chopped into hundreds and thousands of pieces! It was almost impossible to recognize its original shape.

The Raichi remained a clear, deep blue color, untouched by any bloodstains, as if it hadn't been used to cut down zombies.

"Hmm, well done, keep going, there are still more than ten left!" Yan Ziming was very satisfied with Lin Shuyao's performance, but she did not intend to let Lin Shuyao relax and continued to direct her to deal with the other zombies.

"That's good enough..."

Lin Shuqi couldn't hold back any longer and was about to stop her, but Yan Ziming glared at her and stopped her from saying anything. In fact, Lin Shuyao also reached out to stop her sister from saying anything.

"Don't worry, sister, Shuyao can do it..."

After saying that, Lin Shuyao stood up and slowly walked towards the zombie on the ground, a bloodthirsty red light appearing in her eyes!

Chapter 41: A Battlefield of Blood and Fire?

Chapter 41: A Battlefield of Bloodshed?

Lin Shuyao picked up the Thunder Cutter and walked to the nearest zombie. Looking at this zombie, who was once her kin but was now a walking corpse, she closed her eyes, pondered for a long time, and then suddenly raised the blade above her head and slashed down.

Swah——

The zombie's growl abruptly ceased, its head split in two, and a white-gray crystal core could be seen falling out.

Lin Shuyao used the same method on the dozen or so zombies that followed. She hesitated for shorter and shorter periods, and her killing became more and more decisive. When she killed the last one, she could swing her knife without hesitation.

After dealing with the last zombie, Lin Shuyao slowly turned her head, revealing a calm face that seemed to have lost all expression.

Had he pushed her too hard? Yan Ziming felt a pang of guilt. Hadn't he noticed how the once innocent and adorable little girl had become cold and ruthless?

But she had no choice. For her will to take shape, she needed a great deal of fear, which humans couldn't provide. It required a mutated species.

"Shuyao, are you alright?" Lin Shuqi stepped forward and hugged her younger sister tightly, gently stroking her back with her right hand.